We know what’s coming and we are prepared.
Kentucky- Andy Beshear is a popular incumbent moderate democrat governor who's father was governor from 2007-2015. He wasn't expected to lose only a few polls show it being close, so it wasn't a surprising outcome especially when the Republican candidate was so generic and not popular especially regarding the Taylor case which led many Black's to consider him a traitor. His campaign was very mediocre with no passion. Trump's endorsement didn't help him gain support and at best helped him lose by less points than he should had. The result might be disappointed for some Republicans but doubt any were shocked by it.
Virginia - This was another race where democrats were expected to win so once again it wasn't a surprising result. Republicans had hope that the results of the 2021 Governor election could led to them gaining full control in a state where Joe Biden won by 10 points in 2020 but it seems that the current Virginian governor Glenn Youngkin wasn't able to do it. The result does destroy any possibility of Youngkin running for president at least for 2024 as he was hoping a Republican victory would vindicated his support and popularity in a heavily blue leaning state but it didn't transpire. The only bright side for Republicans in this election was that they narrowly failed to capture the state senate and also narrowly lost control of the house of delegates losing each by 2 seats. Another important thing was that Republicans here try to run a non-Maga campaign and try to be more moderate like Youngkin did in 21 but it seems it didn't help push any moderate or independents to their side.
Mississippi- Unlike Kentucky and Virginia, this race the Republicans were favorite to win. The Republican had the incumbent governor advantage and Mississippi is a deep red state. Now the race was expected to be someone competitive due to the fact that the previous governor election in 2019 was decided by Five Points which was unexpected in a deep South Red State like Mississippi. Another reason why it was considered to be competitive was because the Republic governor was being accused of corruption. The Democratic governor who is related to Elvis Presley try running a moderate campaign and try to focus on getting the youth and black vote to come out heavily for him which it seems didn't happen that's why he didn't come close to winning the race that being said the Republicans did win the race by less points than in 2019.
Ohio- Ohio wasn't having any elections, they were hurting two Deliverance regarding adding rights to abortion to the States Constitution and legalizing the usage and distribution of marijuana. Again both were expected to be approved so the result wasn't surprising and all it did was showed that the abortion issue is a losing one for the Republicans hence why Trump has been last Hardline regarding abortion unlike other Republican presidential candidates. Of course this doesn't mean that Ohio is a swing state it's been widely accepted by political pundits in the US that Ohio is a safe Republican state and it's mostly because of Trump and democrats shifting to the left on other issues.
The results of yesterday's elections has no consequences to the upcoming elections in 2024 as it showed that the polls were correct this time and the expected results happened. Also recent polling shows most Republicans candidates winning against Biden in election ahead to ahead or even with RFK Jr involved. Trump who is expected to win the GOP nomination is lead Biden by 4 points. This show that yesterday's election wasn't a referendum on Biden and his policies but mostly just focus on candidates in those specific. That's being it also shows the incompetence of the GOP leadership specifically Ronna McDaniel and Mitch McConnell who didn't help many candidates with funding or campaign. I expect calls for change in leadership whether that change will happen or not is unsure.
Yanis Varoufakis (former Greek Minister of Finance) describes AI as a new form of capital that produces not goods, but behavioral modification. This is achieved by engineering perceptions.
The answers provided by ChatGPT, or the images rendered by StableDiffusion — as these increasingly inform our perceptions, they in turn define the reality we experience.
This is what makes AI so powerful — he who controls the AI, defines the reality of tomorrow.
⚡️🇺🇸 Some more things coming out for the 2026 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA).
Under the preliminary drafts of the bill, the USAF is requesting a release of $57,000,000 USD ($57.0 Million) to retire all remaining 162 A-10 Thunderbolt IIs in current service. Apart of the 2023 NDAA, there was a clause for a few million dollars to be released every so often to gradually retire the (then) 250 airframes by 2034; however due to the push by the Dept of Defense to ‘shed’ obsolete or obsolescent airframes that cannot be overhauled or upgraded further without a whole new airframe, it appears the USAF wants to retire all 162 remaining A-10s by the end of 2026.
The USAF plans to fully divest the 340-total remaining A-10s entirely, including those that currently serve in a handful of Air National Guard units in some states; which will be replaced by F-15EX Eagle IIs (like what is already happening with the Michigan State Air National Guard’s A-10s), or F-35A/Bs.
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My older sister lives in the country in between Velma Oklahoma and Duncan Oklahoma near the Fuqua Lake area, this story was told by a rural mail delivery woman who delivers the mail in the country.
The incident happened while she was on her route, when she came upon to the mailbox a male Chinese nation came out brandishing a, AK-47 rifle being very hostile,
I don't know if he pointed it at her since it is against the law to do so but she was terrified and said she was never going back and that the location that had a guard tower. Was the sheriff department notified, I don't know, did she notify her supervisor, don't know. But word is from the country folk who live in the area they have seen the guard tower at the pot place;
I refuse to call it a farm because it is an insult to farmers.
And yes she was traumatized by that ordeal
